Not sure what you mean by "it would stand to reason"; People in the US receive calles from countries outside the US. I'm just saying I don't know of anyone in the US who receives TM calls from another country.

In fact, I'm not sure how international calls (from anyplace) relates to the discussion.

Not sure what you mean by "it would stand to reason"; People in the US receive calles from countries outside the US. I'm just saying I don't know of anyone in the US who receives TM calls from another country.

In fact, I'm not sure how international calls (from anyplace) relates to the discussion.

Not sure what you mean by "it would stand to reason"; People in the US receive calles from countries outside the US. I'm just saying I don't know of anyone in the US who receives TM calls from another country.

In fact, I'm not sure how international calls (from anyplace) relates to the discussion.

Redsoil, in AU, gets telemarketer calls from the US. MariaE, in Denmark, gets telemarketer calls from the US.

I believe the point was, since all their international telemarketer calls come from the US, blocking international calls works for them. Since the calls originate in the US, they wouldn't be international calls to those living in the US. Therefore, it _does_ stand to reason that the same method wouldn't work for those in the US, as the calls aren't international to them.

Not sure what you mean by "it would stand to reason"; People in the US receive calles from countries outside the US. I'm just saying I don't know of anyone in the US who receives TM calls from another country.

In fact, I'm not sure how international calls (from anyplace) relates to the discussion.

Redsoil, in AU, gets telemarketer calls from the US. MariaE, in Denmark, gets telemarketer calls from the US.

I believe the point was, since all their international telemarketer calls come from the US, blocking international calls works for them. Since the calls originate in the US, they wouldn't be international calls to those living in the US. Therefore, it _does_ stand to reason that the same method wouldn't work for those in the US, as the calls aren't international to them.

I've had phone calls from plenty of telemarketers/scammers over the years. If I don't recognize the number, I don't answer. If I'm expecting a call from someone but don't know what number they'll be calling from (hospital, doctor's offices, bank offices don't always ring out from the same number you call in to) then I'm confident enough that they'll leave me a message, even if it's just identifying themselves and telling me to call them back. If they're trained not to leave a voicemail, then I'm probably not really wanting to talk to them. And if I get a voicemail from a machine, then I know I don't want to do business with them.

If I'm on the phone with someone and the call waiting signal starts going off, I'll tell my friend to hold on a moment while I checked the screen to see who was calling. And if I didn't recognize the number, I'd tell my friend to wait until the second call went to voicemail. There's no reason to answer it and disrupt the first call.

The Do Not Call list, in the US, does not cover charitable organizations. Nor does it include companies with which you have a "relationship." relationship in this context means you ordered something from their catalog, you filled out a form at a trade show, or in any way gave them your contact information within the past year or two.

In addition to the National Do Not Call list, most companies keep their own Do Not Call list. So when you get a call that you don't want repeated, you can tell them to put your number on their Do Not Call list, and they have to do so.

Exactly. It also does not cover research calls funded by municipalities and other agencies. The phone research centers buy a list of phone numbers 10-20 times the amount of responses they need.

Which is why I said that I wasn't sure how it worked in other countries. Here, in Australia, quite a large proportion of telemarketer calls come from overseas (India etc.) That may or may not be the case in the US or other places. I was simply saying that for any countries where this does apply, it may be useful to block international calls (if doing so doesn't block friends/family from calling), therefore cutting out a lot of telemarketer calls before they begin. It's simply something which has worked well here.

So, Veronaz, it may not apply where you are. It may be useful info for others looking to minimise the impact of telemarketers.